Folke
Major Settlement in the Parish of Folke
Historical Forms
- Fulk 1166 LN
- Fulk[inges] 1166 RBE
- Folk' 1244 Ass 1327 Pat 1455 DCMDeed
- Folk 1285 FA 1291 Tax 1303 FA 1314 Pat 1431 FA
- Folke 1337 Pat 1340 NI 1344 Ipm
- Folcke 1561 NatT
- Falk(e) 1283 Banco 1393 Drew
- Foolke 1453 Sher 1454 Pat 1553 NatT
- Foulk 1558–79 ChancP
- Fowlke 1563 Digby
- Foke Eliz ChancP 1575 Saxton
- Fooke 1569–74 Map
Etymology
An unparalleled simplex use of OE folc 'folk, the people of a tribe or family, the common people', presumably denoting 'land held by the people', cf. Freefolk Ha (DEPN).The 12th cent. u spellings are probably AN, the second form perhaps suggesting confusion with Fulking Sx 284.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Allweston (Fm)
- Bishop's Down (Fm)
- Butterwick Dairy Ho, (Lr) Butterwick Fm
- Densham Fm
- Font Le Roi
- Pin Bridge
- West Hall (Fm)
- Wizard Bridge
Other OS name
- Bishop's Down Plant.
- Broke Lane, Broke Wd
- Burton Coppice
- Butterwick Drove, Butterwick Wd
- Caphays Dairy, Caphays Drove
- Chaffey's Fm
- Down Lane
- Ferney Down Wd
- Folke Fm
- Folke Lane
- The Folly Wd
- Hunters Bridge (Coppice)
- King's Plant.
- Kitford Bridge
- Munden's Fm, Munden's Lane
- Pleck Ctgs
- Rectory
- Ryall's Fm
- Rye Close Fm
- St Lawrence's Church
- Stakes Ford, Stakes Lane
- Wenlock
- Willow Tree Fm
- Writh Ctg
Field
- Barn and Plot
- Bow Crafts
- Broad Cl
- Burn Beak Md
- Bushy Cl
- Gt Bushy Downs
- Coppice Grd
- Cow Croft
- Cuppers Plot
- Dash Cl
- Doatfields
- Dole
- Downs
- Dry Cl
- Elverlands
- Goore ( Md )
- Grove Md
- Ha ( y ) dons
- Half Acre
- ( Lt ) Ham
- Hilly Cl
- Home Cl
- Hr Leaze
- Little Md
- Long Cl
- Minty Grd
- Monks Barn Cl
- Moor Md
- North Craft
- Orchard
- Paddock
- Pigshouse Md
- Pit Cl
- Pitlands
- Ramslake
- Ray Grass
- Ridgey Cl
- Rokers Wd
- Rushy Cl
- South Brook
- Stony Lds
- Three Corner Md
- Three Corners
- 12 Acres
- Lt 2 Acres
- Wells alias Rutford [ Bridge ]
- Hr Withy Cl
- Balsyrecrosse
- Bayes lane
- Blakemor '
- Brandysecorner
- Bryanscrosse
- Bryses
- cracketayle
- Fursclose
- the Gleab Land of Folke
- Golbardysfrost
- Gosefurldych '
- the Great Meadow
- Gunlane
- Harris Bridge
- Horselowe
- Hyllett
- Newlond '
- atte Ok '
- Pilelane
- Portebridge
- litle close called Ragg
- Rodenhurst
- Russellane
- Sampytdyche
- seven Ackers
- Somerlese
- Southheyyscorner
- Stretelane
- taylors bridge
- ten Ackers
- three Ackers
- atte Wolle
- Wyrwykelane